The Field Museum of Natural History
The Field Museum of Natural History is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of 656 feet (200 metres)
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …is named after Marshall Field
- …has 3 floors
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Description: natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Address: 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
- Also known as“Chicago Natural History Museum”“Field Columbian Museum”“Field Museum”“Field Museum of Natural History”“fieldmuseum.org”“FMNH”“The Field Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Soldier Field and Olmec colossal heads.
Soldier Field
Stadium
Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Soldier Field is situated 1,400 feet south of The Field Museum of Natural History.
Olmec colossal heads
Work of art
The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. Olmec colossal heads is situated 470 feet northeast of The Field Museum of Natural History.
Adler Planetarium
Planetarium
The Adler Planetarium is a municipal public museum for… Adler Planetarium is situated 2,800 feet east of The Field Museum of Natural History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Museum Campus and South Loop.
Museum Campus
Locality
Museum Campus is a 57-acre park in Chicago along Lake Michigan.
South Loop
Quarter
South Loop is a Chicago neighborhood south of the Loop.
Dearborn Park
Neighborhood
Dearborn Park is a residential Chicago neighborhood in South Loop.
The Field Museum of Natural History
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Latitude
41.86621° or 41° 51′ 58″ north
Longitude
-87.6169° or 87° 37′ 1″ west
Open location code
86HJV98M+F6
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“The Field Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الميداني للتاريخ الطبيعي بشيكاغو”
- Arabic: “المتحف الميداني للتاريخ الطبيعي”
- Arabic: “متحف شيكاغو الميداني للتاريخ الطبيعي”
- Armenian: “Ֆիլդի անվան բնագիտության պատմության թանգարան”
- Catalan: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Catalan: “Field Museum”
- Catalan: “Museu Field d’Història Natural”
- Catalan: “Museu Field dHistòria Natural”
- Catalan: “Museu Field”
- Chinese: “菲尔德自然史博物馆”
- Chinese: “菲爾德博物館”
- Chinese: “菲爾德自然史博物館”
- Chinese: “菲爾德自然歷史博物館”
- Dutch: “Columbian Museum of Chicago”
- Dutch: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Dutch: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Dutch: “Field Museum”
- Dutch: “The Field Museum of Natural History”
- Dutch: “The Field Museum”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo Field”
- Finnish: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- French: “Field Columbian Museum”
- French: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- French: “Field Museum”
- French: “musée de l’Histoire naturelle Field”
- French: “Musée Field d’Histoire Naturelle”
- French: “musée Field”
- French: “Musée Field”
- French: “Museum Field”
- French: “Muséum field”
- French: “Muséum Field”
- Galician: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Georgian: “ბუნების ისტორიის საველე მუზეუმი”
- German: “Field Columbian Museum”
- German: “Field Museum für Naturkunde”
- German: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון פילד להיסטוריה של הטבע”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון פילד”
- Igbo: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Igbo: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Igbo: “Field Museum”
- Igbo: “fieldmuseum.org”
- Igbo: “FMNH”
- Igbo: “The Field Museum”
- Indonesian: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Field”
- Italian: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Italian: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Italian: “Field Museum”
- Japanese: “シカゴ歴史博物館”
- Japanese: “シカゴ自然史博物館”
- Japanese: “フィールド博物館”
- Japanese: “フィールド自然史博物館”
- Korean: “필드 자연사 박물관”
- Latin: “Museum Historiae Naturalis Field”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Norwegian: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Field Museum d’Istòria Naturala”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Field Museum dIstòria Naturala”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی فیلد”
- Persian: “موزهٔ تاریخ طبیعی فیلد”
- Persian: “موزه میدانی تاریخ طبیعی”
- Persian: “موزهٔ میدانی تاریخ طبیعی”
- Polish: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Polish: “Muzeum Fielda”
- Polish: “Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Chicago”
- Portuguese: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Portuguese: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Portuguese: “Museu Field de História Natural”
- Russian: “Музей естественной истории им. Филда”
- Russian: “Музей естественной истории имени Филда”
- Russian: “Музей естественной истории Филда”
- Russian: “Полевой музей естественной истории”
- Russian: “Филдовский музей естественной истории”
- Slovenian: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Slovenian: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Slovenian: “Field Museum”
- Slovenian: “Fieldov naravoslovni muzej”
- Slovenian: “FMNH”
- Spanish: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Spanish: “Field museum of natural history”
- Spanish: “Field Museum”
- Spanish: “Fieldiana”
- Spanish: “Museo Field de Historia Natural”
- Spanish: “Museo Field”
- Swedish: “Field Columbian Museum”
- Swedish: “Field Museum of Natural History”
- Swedish: “Field Museum”
- Ukrainian: “Музей природної історії ім. Філда”
- Western Frisian: “Field Museum”
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